— Few robot tasks require as forceful an interaction with the world as excavation. In order to effectively plan its actions, our robot excavator requires a method that allows it ...
Shape memory alloy (SMA) based actuators have a number of attributes which make them useful for robotic applications. Unfortunately their response is relatively slow, being limite...
The optimal motion generation problem is solved subject to various actuator constraints while the motion is constrained to an arbitrary path. The considered objective function is ...
This paper introduces a design technique for complex robotic systems called interfaces- rst design. Interfaces- rst design develops information interfaces based on the characteris...
Gerardo Pardo-Castellote, Stanley A. Schneider, Ro...
In this paper, we study the problem of large force/torque application using robotic systems with limited force/torque actuators. For such systems, the available workspace may be s...
This papers analyzes the reliability of radius of curvature estimates from tactile sensor data. A linear elastic model is used to t the indenter parameters, load, location, and cu...